Google backs US Continental WiMax Consortium

Google has joined a crack team of technology companies who want to blanket cover the United States with a nationwide wireless network based on WiMax technology

MON 12 MAY 2008 |Featured in: News

Virgin Media plans 40Gbps backbone connectivity

Cable company Virgin Media has teamed up with Network companies Nortel and Juniper in a trial that saw data shuttled at speeds of 40Gbps over the 350km that separates London and Manchester

THU 08 MAY 2008 |Featured in: News

Bournemouth gets Sewer-based Fibre-optic Broadband connectivity

Sunny city Bournemouth will become UK's first city to experience fibre optic-based broadband, beating competing bids from Northampton and Dundee (arguably because there's not enough sunshine there)

THU 08 MAY 2008 |Featured in: News

BT rolls out 21CN to ISPs as telco pledges 24mbps speed for all

BT is now signing up new ISPs to its brand new and shining 21st Century (21CN) next generation, faster broadband network which promises speeds of up to 24mbps

THU 01 MAY 2008 |Featured in: News

Mesh Vendors add 802.11n, VoIP to their feature list

Ruckus Wireless has added 802.11n capability to its newly released ZoneDirector 3000 which it calls a "smart wireless LAN (WLAN) controller" and could help in rolling out Wireless LANs quickly with minimal cabling

TUE 22 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Comment : Geo cautions on Ofcom investigation into delivery of next-gen broadband via sewers

Optical fibre is ultimately the preferred technology for next generation UK broadband and works extremely well for the provision of services to large businesses in central London

THU 17 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Utilities could be the key to Next Generation Internet says Ofcom

Telecoms regulator Ofcom will consider whether next generation internet could be deployed faster and at a lesser cost by making use of existing utilities infrastructure like water pipes

THU 17 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Elcomsoft Password Cracker goes Ballistic; worries security experts

Back in October 2007, Elcomsoft, a Russian company which specialises in Password Breaking, came up with a technique that allows powerful Nvidia Graphic Processor Units to be used to uncover passwords in record time

WED 16 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

BT to Ofcom : make others pay for Universal Service Obligation costs

BT could "throttle" its commitment to roll out its 21CN brand new fiber optic network nationwide, according to the new BT chief executive, Ian Livingston

TUE 15 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

BT and Vodafone partners over high speed connectivity

Vodafone has announced that it has entered a five-year agreement with BT to use the latter's 21st Century Network (21CN) Ethernet Service as well as delegating the management of traffic and bandwidth from Vodafone's UK base station to BT's own national network

MON 14 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News